No ordinary caster can practice it; there are no Retconjurers in Erfworld.

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It is reserved for the Titans. They don't like it much and use it as seldom as possible.[http://www.erfworld.com/2009/08/the-ultimate-naughtymancy/]

=Proposed Canon=

=Proposed Canon=

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Retconjuration is a theoretical school of magic and one of the three disciplines of the [[Magic]] class [[Naughtymancy]]; it is aligned with the axis of [[Numbers]].{{erf|1|038a|Parson's Klog #2}}

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Retconjuration is a theoretical school of magic and one of the three disciplines of the [[Magic]] class [[Naughtymancy]]; it is aligned with the axis of [[Numbers]] and composed of the two [[Magic_Elements|element]]s of [[Motion]] and [[Matter]]. {{erf|1|038a|Parson's Klog #2}}

This school of magic allows past events to be changed to mesh with current needs. It is theorized that only the [[Titans]] have access to the powers of Retconjuration as it is too powerful for a mere mortal to comprehend even its smallest of ramifications. Being a very volatile subject, it is usually avoided in most public forums and viewpoints on the subject differ greatly.

This school of magic allows past events to be changed to mesh with current needs. It is theorized that only the [[Titans]] have access to the powers of Retconjuration as it is too powerful for a mere mortal to comprehend even its smallest of ramifications. Being a very volatile subject, it is usually avoided in most public forums and viewpoints on the subject differ greatly.

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Mortal users of Retconjuration would be in position to engage each other in a war of existential reconstruction, up to the point that only a timeline where they were all erased would be stable. Of course, as there have been no mortal Retconjurers, this is not possible. <!-- Mind you, if there HAD been mortal retconjurers, and they'd retconjured each other into nonexistence, there would be no inconsistency with the known universe. (Yes, that is the joke.) -->

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Mortal users of Retconjuration would be in position to engage each other in a war of existential reconstruction, up to the point that only a timeline where they were all erased would be stable. Of course, as there have been no mortal Retconjurers, then either this is impossible or it has already happened.

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(alternatively, perhaps there is one final retconjurer at the end of time, who will haven retconned all previous ones into nonexistence)

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(Alternatively, it may be possible that there is one Retconjurer far in the future, who managed to remove all the others except him or herself.)

==Things that have been Retconned==

==Things that have been Retconned==

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When [[Parson]] first spoke with [[Wanda]] via [[Thinkamancy]] at the beginning of Book 2, he was not wearing his [[mathamancy]] bracer. This was then quickly Retconned so that he was wearing it.

When [[Parson]] first spoke with [[Wanda]] via [[Thinkamancy]] at the beginning of Book 2, he was not wearing his [[mathamancy]] bracer. This was then quickly Retconned so that he was wearing it.

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Compared to the webcomic, Erfworld's Volume 1 book has a number of changes (which may be considered a sort of Retconjuration), as listed on the wiki page [[Book 1 Print Discrepancies]].

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Rob Retconjured all black/brown to dwagons to purple for the book printing. Story below:

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*When it came time for [[Creators|Rob and company]] to design the [[Real World]] dwagon plushies, the total number of colors initially came to seven. Pink, red, blue, purple, green, yellow, and black. [[Rob Balder|Rob]] didn't really want to make seven different colors of plushie, because it's an odd number and it just felt like way too many for a set. This led Rob to see if he could get away with dropping one color of dwagon. After looking, Rob found that black (dark brown?) dwagons had only appeared once or twice, and never in combat. Furthermore, he thought black material would look bad with the embroidered eyes. A little while later, in the webcomic The Order of the Stick[http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html], a dramatic story moment occurred: many, many black dragons (not called dwagons in OOTS) from all over the planet were instantly wiped out by a spell. Rob considers OOTS to be sort of Erfworld's godfather comic; this led him to the conclusion that the same spell must have killed off Erfworld's black dwagons. This prompted Rob to Retconjure all black/brown dwagons to purple for the book printing.[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/erfworld-motion-comic-project/posts/183910] (Note that nothing was said about Retconning them in the webcomics, and some readers have reported still finding brown/black dwagons in the book.)

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Also of note is that immediately above (following the word 'printing'), there is a link where Rob and [[Xin]] both recount and illustrate the above story. Currently, it is only correctly visible by those who pledged to the 2012 "Erfworld Year of the Dwagon" Kickstarter.[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/erfworld-motion-comic-project]

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The Overlady of [[Haffaton]], once known as Dorothy, has been Retconned to having the name [[Judy Gale]].{{WoT|11/15/2012}}

==Known Retconjurers==

==Known Retconjurers==

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Rob.{{blog|2009|08|the-ultimate-naughtymancy}} and [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/erfworld-motion-comic-project/posts/183910] (<-- See the "Things that have been Retconned" section if this link is strangely uninformative, and you're curious.)

=Speculation=

=Speculation=

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One line of fan speculation postulates that there could be a Retconjuration war going on between the [[Titans]], with one faction backing [[Stanley the Tool|Stanley the Tool's]] bid to overthrow royalty and unite the [[Arkentool]]s, and the other opposing it. So far, the side opposing Stanley has left an extra gem in a [[Marbit]] mine, leading to Stanley's defeat at the [[Battle of Warchalking]], and the other has caused [[Lookamancer]]s and [[Findamancer]]s to research the "Summon Perfect Warlord" spell, or possibly provided [[Parson]]'s glasses, bracer and sword, leading to the defeat of the [[Royal Crown Coalition]].

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One line of fan speculation postulates that there could be a Retconjuration war going on between the [[Titans]], with one faction backing [[Stanley the Tool|Stanley the Tool's]] bid to overthrow royalty and unite the [[Arkentool]]s, and the other opposing it. So far, the side opposing Stanley has left an extra gem in a [[Marbit]] mine, leading to Stanley's defeat at the [[Battle of Warchalking]], and the other has caused [[Lookamancer]]s and [[Findamancer]]s to research the "[[Perfect Warlord|Summon Perfect Warlord]]" spell, or possibly provided [[Parson]]'s glasses, bracer and sword, leading to the defeat of the [[Royal Crown Coalition]].

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==Real-World References==

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The name refers to "retcon", short for "retroactive continuity", in which the history of a fictional setting is be changed after publishing to mesh better with the current desires of the author. This is ironic because this form of magic is itself a retcon.

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==See Also==

==See Also==

[[Word_of_the_Titans#8.2F19.2F2009]]

[[Word_of_the_Titans#8.2F19.2F2009]]

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The name refers to "retcon", short for "retroactive continuity", in which the history of a fictional setting is changed after publishing to mesh better with the current desires of the author. Ironically, Retconjuration is itself the product of a retcon; the Naughtymancy class previously aligned with Numbers was known as "Deletionism" before it was replaced with Retconjuration.

This school of magic allows past events to be changed to mesh with current needs. It is theorized that only the Titans have access to the powers of Retconjuration as it is too powerful for a mere mortal to comprehend even its smallest of ramifications. Being a very volatile subject, it is usually avoided in most public forums and viewpoints on the subject differ greatly.

Mortal users of Retconjuration would be in position to engage each other in a war of existential reconstruction, up to the point that only a timeline where they were all erased would be stable. Of course, as there have been no mortal Retconjurers, then either this is impossible or it has already happened.

(Alternatively, it may be possible that there is one Retconjurer far in the future, who managed to remove all the others except him or herself.)

Things that have been Retconned

The school of Retconjuration is notable for being an example of itself; the Numbers axis of Naughtymancy was an entirely different school called "Deletionism" the-ultimate-naughtymancy until the Titans realized that Retconjuration would be necessary for them to properly maintain Erfworld. As a removed school of magic, this also kind of makes Deletionism an example of itself.

When Parson first spoke with Wanda via Thinkamancy at the beginning of Book 2, he was not wearing his mathamancy bracer. This was then quickly Retconned so that he was wearing it.

Compared to the webcomic, Erfworld's Volume 1 book has a number of changes (which may be considered a sort of Retconjuration), as listed on the wiki page Book 1 Print Discrepancies.

Rob Retconjured all black/brown to dwagons to purple for the book printing. Story below:

When it came time for Rob and company to design the Real World dwagon plushies, the total number of colors initially came to seven. Pink, red, blue, purple, green, yellow, and black. Rob didn't really want to make seven different colors of plushie, because it's an odd number and it just felt like way too many for a set. This led Rob to see if he could get away with dropping one color of dwagon. After looking, Rob found that black (dark brown?) dwagons had only appeared once or twice, and never in combat. Furthermore, he thought black material would look bad with the embroidered eyes. A little while later, in the webcomic The Order of the Stick[2], a dramatic story moment occurred: many, many black dragons (not called dwagons in OOTS) from all over the planet were instantly wiped out by a spell. Rob considers OOTS to be sort of Erfworld's godfather comic; this led him to the conclusion that the same spell must have killed off Erfworld's black dwagons. This prompted Rob to Retconjure all black/brown dwagons to purple for the book printing.[3] (Note that nothing was said about Retconning them in the webcomics, and some readers have reported still finding brown/black dwagons in the book.)

Also of note is that immediately above (following the word 'printing'), there is a link where Rob and Xin both recount and illustrate the above story. Currently, it is only correctly visible by those who pledged to the 2012 "Erfworld Year of the Dwagon" Kickstarter.[4]

See Also

Real World References

The name refers to "retcon", short for "retroactive continuity", in which the history of a fictional setting is changed after publishing to mesh better with the current desires of the author. Ironically, Retconjuration is itself the product of a retcon; the Naughtymancy class previously aligned with Numbers was known as "Deletionism" before it was replaced with Retconjuration.